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Eurovision Song Contest 2017

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    #3782
    Woodville56
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭Woodville56


    joeysoap wrote: »
    neverever1 wrote: »
    Highlight of the night? Definitely the brits thinking they were going to get 12 points of us and then getting **** all! :D Small victories and all that.

    Yeah, but she was worth at least 1 point. who picks the jury? RTE?

    It was a decent song, performed well - love to know how the Irish jury voted down the line


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    #3783
    mailburner
    Registered Users Posts: 23,863 ✭✭✭✭mailburner


    fryup wrote: »
    yes, by Louis Walsh ;)
    :pac::pac::pac:


    gmisk wrote: »
    Lovely....is that kinda crap really needed on here?

    hilarious actually so yes :p


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    #3784
    riffmongous
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,782 Mod ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    RobertKK wrote: »
    Lots of tweets that Ireland sent a strong message with their votes:
    None for the UK
    12 for the country that headquarters the EU.

    But don't we give them nul points most years?


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    #3785
    mailburner
    Registered Users Posts: 23,863 ✭✭✭✭mailburner


    fryup wrote: »
    yes, by Louis Walsh ;)

    and sure they can have brekkie together in the morning...and guess what
    they'll have for brekkie? ;)


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    #3786
    Caoimhgh1n
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,499 ✭✭✭✭Caoimhgh1n


    Disappointed Bulgaria didn't win, but happy for Portugal nonetheless.

    Glad for Belgium doing so well. I would have liked to have seen France place higher.

    Spain coming last was not surprise.


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    #3787
    snowflaker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,922 ✭✭✭snowflaker


    riffmongous wrote: »
    But don't we give them nul points most years?

    Yup!!!

    Being raped and pillaged has a far more devistatibg aefect than Brexit
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    Innocent got Salty- and quickly delighted the tweet


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    #3788
    Woodville56
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭Woodville56


    RobertKK wrote: »
    Lots of tweets that Ireland sent a strong message with their votes:
    None for the UK
    12 for the country that headquarters the EU.

    In fairness, the Belgian song was ( in my view) worthy of a big vote - can't imagine how the Brexit thing would be an influence on the jury ?


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    #3789
    RobertKK
    Registered Users Posts: 33,749 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    riffmongous wrote: »
    But don't we give them nul points most years?

    No

    I think the last time was when they got null points.


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    #3790
    snowflaker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,922 ✭✭✭snowflaker


    fryup wrote: »
    yes, by Louis Walsh ;)

    Don't think Louis is a top tbf


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    #3791
    jeoun
    Registered Users Posts: 207 ✭✭jeoun


    Arthur Daley wrote: »
    Portugal win euro 2016 and now eurovision within 12 months.

    In 2004 Greece won Euro 2004 and the next year they won Eurovision in Kyiv!!


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    #3792
    yerwanthere123
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,473 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    Disappointed the juries only placed Belgium 9th in the final, but what's worse is they didn't rank her top ten in the semi's?!


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    #3793
    snowflaker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,922 ✭✭✭snowflaker


    joeysoap wrote: »
    How did the Irish jury not think the uk song wasn't worth even 1 point? It wasn't great but it wasn't that bad. I think when it didn't show in the initial points Graham thought they were going to get the 12. That was never going to happen but no points?

    Only 10 couture get a vote tbf


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    #3794
    amdublin
    Registered Users Posts: 20,653 ✭✭✭✭amdublin


    MOD

    ENOUGH OF THE HOMOPHOBIC LANGUAGE AND HOMOPHOBIC NAME CALLING

    /mod


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    #3795
    RobertKK
    Registered Users Posts: 33,749 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    Woodville56 wrote: »
    In fairness, the Belgian song was ( in my view) worthy of a big vote - can't imagine how the Brexit thing would be an influence on the jury ?

    I agree.

    Just some of the tweets.
    Graham Norton thought we were going to give them the 12.
    So happy we gave Belgium their only 12 points. She deserves far more.


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    #3796
    snowflaker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,922 ✭✭✭snowflaker


    jeoun wrote: »
    In 2004 Greece won Euro 2004 and the next year they won Eurovision in Kyiv!!

    yeah but this is the other way around...


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    #3797
    snowflaker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,922 ✭✭✭snowflaker


    RobertKK wrote: »
    I agree.

    Just some of the tweets.
    Graham Norton thought we were going to give them the 12.
    So happy we gave Belgium their only 12 points. She deserves far more.

    She was vocally weak, pity votes


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    #3798
    riffmongous
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,782 Mod ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    snowflaker wrote: »
    Yup!!!

    Being raped and pillaged has a far more devistatibg aefect than Brexit

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C_vcVs5XoAEqVsG?format=jpg&name=large

    Innocent got Salty- and quickly delighted the tweet

    Haha, thats gold :D

    Just to fix the link

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    #3799
    Strazdas
    Registered Users Posts: 18,814 ✭✭✭✭Strazdas


    riffmongous wrote: »
    But don't we give them nul points most years?

    No, in fact, we vote for them every year. We still don't know how the Irish public voted yet (the 0 was from the five person national jury).


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    #3800
    DERICKOO
    Registered Users Posts: 593 ✭✭✭DERICKOO


    A true touch of genius,Look in to your hearts see the sea see the movement in time the art of being beautiful.
    Casablanca ,VECHEY FRANCE.Caf? De La Prairie .
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1cugZ3d1Zo
    I fell in love in Lisbon.
    I also voted for him on 9th May


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    #3801
    Fr Tod Umptious
    Registered Users Posts: 15,264 ✭✭✭✭Fr Tod Umptious


    yerwanthere123 wrote: »
    Moldova coming third is arguably the biggest shock of the night, don't think anyone saw that coming.

    There is a 7 year old in this house that had them picked as his favorite since their SF, was delighted when they jumped up to 3rd with the televoting.


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    #3802
    riffmongous
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,782 Mod ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    Strazdas wrote: »
    No, in fact, we vote for them every year. We still don't know how the Irish public voted yet (the 0 was from the five person national jury).

    Wow, I'm honestly surprised by that. Now I havent paid attention to the Irish voting for a few years but I always had the idea that we never gave them any points and they gave us 12. Maybe that was just back in the GFA years


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    #3803
    snowflaker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,922 ✭✭✭snowflaker


    riffmongous wrote: »
    Wow, I'm honestly surprised by that. Now I havent paid attention to the Irish voting for a few years but I always had the idea that we never gave them any points and they gave us 12. Maybe that was just back in the GFA years

    we gave them about 6 they always gave us 12


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    #3804
    murpho999
    Registered Users Posts: 28,484 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    riffmongous wrote: »
    Haha, thats gold :D

    Just to fix the link

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    Really stupid move by Innocent and they have since deleted the tweet and apolgised.

    I find it amazing that so many people from the UK would expect Ireland to vote for them as they think we are loyal to them or still part of their country and secondly that people don't realise it's a song contest.

    They don't single all out all the other countries that didn't vote for them.


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    #3805
    Murrisk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 889 ✭✭✭Murrisk


    murpho999 wrote: »
    Sorry, no....that mad Irish priest stopped a man winning an Olympic Gold medal and was a national embarrassment.

    That was a disgrace but yer man was fading and wouldn't have won gold even without that incident.


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    #3806
    yerwanthere123
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,473 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    I didn't think anything of the French song before tonight but I thought it came across really well tonight. Surprised but please it got 10th in the televote, wouldn't have minded it getting 10th overall.


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    #3807
    snowflaker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,922 ✭✭✭snowflaker


    Eyes Down Field wrote: »
    Diversity of sexual orientation but definitely not race. I don't remember seeing one black performer.

    No more diverse them usual then! Sweden had black backing dancer.

    It was as diverse as Midsomer Murders


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    #3808
    mailburner
    Registered Users Posts: 23,863 ✭✭✭✭mailburner


    dogcat wrote: »
    Current odds on Betfair:
    1. Armenia 7/2
    2. Russia 29/5
    3. Sweden 31/5
    4. Georgia 54/5
    5. Australia 64/5
    6. Estonia 76/5
    7. Slovenia 76/5
    8. Norway 83/5
    9. Denmark 88/5
    10. Hungary 25/1
    11. Poland 26/1
    12. Azerbaijan 271
    13. Italy 27/1
    14. Netherlands 27/1
    15. Romania 28/1
    16. Serbia 28/1
    17. Spain 28/1
    18. UK 31/1
    19. Germany 31/1
    20. France 35/1
    21. Ireland 37/1
    22. Lithuania 37/1
    23. Finland 39/1
    24. Ukraine 39/1
    25. Latvia 43/1
    26. Malta 43/1
    27. Belarus 45/1
    28. Belgium 47/1
    29. Cyprus 47/1
    30. Moldova 47/1
    31. Greece 51/1
    32. Israel 51/1
    33. Bulgaria 56/1
    34. Iceland 56/1
    35. Czechia 61/1
    36. Albania 66/1
    37. Austria 66/1
    38. Switzerland 66/1
    39. Croatia 75/1
    40. Montenegro 75/1
    41. Macedonia 85/1
    42. Portugal 94/1
    43. San Marino 94/1


    from first page in dec

    how sweet would that be now? :eek:

    I'll be checking out the entries much earlier next year (as in not the day before)
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    sonic85 wrote: »
    Portugal is beyond sh1te but it'll be something to laugh at Saturday night if nothing else

    lmao


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    #3809
    Woodville56
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    snowflaker wrote: »
    Eyes Down Field wrote: »
    Diversity of sexual orientation but definitely not race. I don't remember seeing one black performer.

    No more diverse them usual then! Sweden had black backing dancer.

    It was a diverse as Midsomer Murders

    In the press conference linked earlier in the thread Salvador was asked about diversity in this year's contest - he replied that yes there was plenty of musical diversity ! Maybe not the reply the journalist was looking for or perhaps Salvador neatly sidestepping the issue ?


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    #3810
    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    The Eurovision hosts this year were dreadful. Tough act to follow on, but what an act
    https://youtu.be/YuszTGJlRoo


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    #3811
    feargale
    Registered Users Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    I switched off when Australia appeared. I mean, Kerry hurlers in Leinster is one thing, but give me a break.

    P.S,
    leahyl wrote: »
    I'm not being dramatic when I say this was without a doubt our worst entry into the contest - yes, even below Donna and Joe McCaul and Dustin!

    Be fair. Nothing was, is or will ever be worse than Dustin. We were telling Europe that since we can't win the game anymore we'll puncture the ball. One of the lowest lows of Celtic Tiger arrogance and vulgarity. If I dislike losing so much that I can't do so with good grace I should stay away.
    At least this time our guy tried.


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